[Techtoolslist] Speeding up the 9100?

Steve Larkins steve at ukaudiovisual.co.uk
Thu Dec 10 16:56:18 EST 2015


The editor is very slow on the 9100a, as are the programs compared to a
9100ft.

Must be worth a look.

Steve Larkins
Mobile 07826 553792

On 10 December 2015 at 21:23, Andre Huijts <a.huijts at upcmail.nl> wrote:

> Aren't most of the tests actually running on the pod ? So speeding up the
> 9100 would have very little use...
>
> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad
>
> > Op 10 dec. 2015 om 22:01 heeft Steve Larkins <steve at ukaudiovisual.co.uk>
> het volgende geschreven:
> >
> > I alwas thought the timing would be essential to these things running. I
> > wonder how much of the that is in software ie. if you speed the hardware
> up
> > will the rest fall over?
> >
> > Steve Larkins
> > Mobile 07826 553792
> >
> >> On 8 December 2015 at 08:00, John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 12/07/2015 4:39 PM, John Robertson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 12/07/2015 4:30 PM, John Robertson wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 12/07/2015 4:25 PM, John Robertson wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Seeing as we are talking a bit about the 9100 - has anyone looked
> into
> >>>>> speeding one of these up? Used to be there were speedup kits for old
> Apple
> >>>>> and Atari computers that ran the 68000 (9100A uses the 68000) that
> involved
> >>>>> a 68010, 68020, or 68030 and some glue...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> http://atariage.com/forums/topic/172961-was-16mhz-the-fastest-68000-accelerator-ever-made-for-st-line/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Might be fun for someone with some spare time!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> John :-#)#
> >>>> Found the Pak 68030 info: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/pak3
> >>>>
> >>>> This just cries out for a FPGA! Right...
> >>>>
> >>>> John :-#)#
> >>>
> >>> (c't = a german magazine about 'Computer Technics'. Check out their
> >>> website ) <http://www.heise.de>
> >>>
> >>> And a bit further and I can't do any more - the source for the PAK68/3
> is
> >>> found in these German Computer Technics magazine articles - and I can't
> >>> read German!
> >>>
> >>> https://shop.heise.de/katalog/doppel-pak
> >>>
> >>> https://shop.heise.de/katalog/alles-unter-kontrolle-2
> >>>
> >>> https://shop.heise.de/katalog/falcon-on-your-mind
> >>>
> >>> Cost a couple of Euros each. Includes source code for GALs, etc.
> >>>
> >>> So, a really FAST 9100 may be possible...using CF (thanks to Andy and
> his
> >>> pal), next someone needs to create a video card...
> >>>
> >>> John :-#)#
> >>>
> >>> Further exploration has led to the German Atari support page, where
> they
> >> provide the schematics, and code for the PAK68/3 which is a plug in
> 68030
> >> replacement for the 68000 CPU. As far as I can tell this would give you
> >> speeds similar to the 9100FT.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://translate.google.ca/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwrsonline.de%2Fpak3.html&edit-text=
> >>
> >> Anyone game to work with me on this project over the next while?
> >>
> >>
> >> John :-#)#
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